jones



W. E. JONES.

Riding-Saddla.

Patented June 13, 1854 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

WILLIAM E. JONES, OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

SADDLETREE.

Specification of Letters PatentiNo. 11,068, dated June 13, 1854.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVM. E. JoNEs, of the U. S. Regiment of Mounted Rifles, have invented a new and Improved Saddletree; and I do declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The advantages of my saddle tree consist in, firstly, its capacity of being made wider or narrower, so as to fit any horses back; secondly, the spring of the seat, which makes it easier to both the horse and rider; thirdly, its being more durable and lighter than the ordinary saddle.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my saddle tree with a high pommel and cantle. It is made of two plates of spring steel from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in thickness (according to the strength required) and about two inches wide. These are so shaped (as seen by the accompanying drawings) as to present fiat surfaces to the parts of both the horse and rider which come in contact with the plates. These plates are fastened together by the rivets A and B and are susceptible of movement about them. The bars C and D have each a right-hand screw and nut on one end and a left-hand one on the other. Each of these nuts has a neck by means of which it is fastened to the plate and admits of sufficient movement about the neck for the face of the nut to remain perpendicular to the bar as the sides of the tree move out or in. By turning these bars one way the sides of the tree are forced apart and by turning them the other way the sides are drawn together. The plates being of spring steel will yield to pressure on the seat which is attached to the pommel and cantle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The introduction of a hinge into the pommel and one into the cantle in connection with screws by means of which the saddle can be made to enlarge and contract and thus to fit any horse, substantially as above set forth and described.

WM. E. JONES.

Witnesses:

M. A. DEXTER, P. MONIOKLE. 

